Senior Looker Platform Engineer

GCS Recruitment Specialists; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment Specialists is seeking an experienced Looker Administrator to support platform engineering, cloud migration, data platform modernization, and operational excellence in a large-scale analytics environment. The role requires strong Looker administration, LookML development, GitHub CI/CD experience, and expertise in cloud technologies, identity management, and performance optimization.

You will collaborate with engineering to enable API-driven analytics and maintain governance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience administering BI or Analytics platforms.
• Hands-on Looker administration and LookML development.
• Strong knowledge of GitHub version control and CI/CD deployment practices.
• Experience with Azure Active Directory integration and identity management.
• Proficiency in REST APIs and platform automation.
• Experience supporting cloud-based analytics environments.
• Strong SQL skills and troubleshooting complex query performance issues.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide L3/L4 production support for Looker environments across development and production platforms.
• Lead platform upgrades, releases, patch management, and validation activities.
• Support GitHub and LookML development workflows, including Dev/Prod deployments and coordination.
• Troubleshoot performance, scalability, and data modeling issues.
• Monitor platform health, reliability, and operational performance.
• Implement automated user provisioning and entitlement management processes.
• Investigate Azure AD synchronization issues and entitlement discrepancies.
• Establish governance standards, security controls, and platform usage guidelines.
• Create and maintain governance documentation and operational procedures.
• Support and administer Looker APIs (Inline Query, Query ID, Administrative APIs).
• Validate performance, concurrency, and usage patterns.
• Enable API-driven analytics and AI-powered reporting solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering for dynamic SQL and automation.
• Support migration from on-prem to Google-hosted Looker Core.
• Define testing strategies, participate in POC activities, minimize platform risk.
• Ensure platform stability, security, and performance during migration.
• Validate data accuracy and reporting outcomes during platform transformations.
• Optimize reporting performance and data accessibility.
• Develop documentation, runbooks, and best practices.
• Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and mentor internal engineering teams.
• Support long-term platform ownership through training.

Skills

Looker Administration

LookML Development

GitHub & Version Control

SQL Performance Tuning

REST APIs

Azure AD

Identity & Access Management

Cloud Analytics Platforms

Data Governance

Snowflake

Teradata

Documentation & Knowledge Transfer

Production Support (L3/L4)

Platform Upgrades & Release Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

GCS Recruitment Specialists is seeking an experienced Looker Administrator to support platform engineering, cloud migration, data platform modernization, and operational excellence in a large-scale analytics environment. The role requires strong Looker administration, LookML development, GitHub CI/CD experience, and expertise in cloud technologies, identity management, and performance optimization.

You will collaborate with engineering to enable API-driven analytics and maintain governance